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Associate Engine works with a wide variety of amazon.com content and formats to fit all your affiliate needs and help maximize your amazon.com affiliate sales!
Note: The page headers/footers used in the following examples can be easily changed by you creating your own custom Page Templates in which the results are shown.
"Drill-down" browse index with bestsellers grid.Click here .
Results as a list.Click here .
Results as a 3-column grid with small images.Click here .
Results as a 4-column grid with large images.Click here .
Results as a 4-column grid with "You Save" amount.Click here .
Associate Engine comes with built-in formats. In addition, Associate Engine supports complete customization through the use of Page Templates and Format Templates. Page Templates let you format the overall page (such as page header/footer). Format Templates, let you format the actual results (such as product details). For example, see the following pages that show several Format Template examples:
See also the introduction to using "if/endif" statements in Format Templates.
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Testimonial: "The format file is an excellent concept, and it worked great for formatting my grid results so that I could do what I wanted with it." -- J.M., www.BuffyGuide.com |
The following table provides an overview of the different amazon.com modes and types that are supported by this script -- nearly all are supported. To see a live example, click on a link. The "List" link shows the results as a list, whereas the "Grid" link shows the results as a grid. The Search links below are examples and as such search for keywords programmed into the URL of the links (e.g.: "search for Britney Spears") -- you are not limited to use just the keywords in the examples here. In the table below, "Not applicable" indicates that amazon.com itself does not support that particular combination of type and mode.
| RESULTS TYPE | |||
| CATEGORY | Keyword Search | amazon.com's Bestsellers | amazon.com Subcategory |
| Blended | List (e.g.: Britney Spears) |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Books | List / Grid (e.g.: Britney Spears) |
List / Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #4653: Yoga) |
| Popular Music | List / Grid (e.g.: Britney Spears) |
List/ Grid (note: amazon combines popular and classical music into one) |
List / Grid (e.g.: #302118: Teen Pop) |
| Classical Music | List / Grid (e.g.: Mozart) |
List / Grid (note: amazon combines popular and classical music into one) |
List / Grid (e.g.: #36639: Concertos) |
| DVD | List/ Grid (e.g.: Britney Spears) |
List/ Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #163306: Action & Adventure) |
| VHS | List/ Grid (e.g.: Britney Spears) |
List/ Grid | List/ Grid (e.g.: #712530: Animated Feature Films ) |
| In Theatres | List / Grid (e.g.: Star Wars) |
Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Toys | List/ Grid (e.g.: dinosaurs) |
List/ Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #172024: Teddy Bears) |
| Baby | List / Grid (e.g.: monitor) |
List / Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #540994: |
| Computer Hardware | List / Grid (e.g.: networks) |
List / Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #909010: Wireless Access Points & Routers) |
| Computer & Video Games | List/ Grid (e.g.: baseball) |
List / Grid | List/ Grid (e.g.: #470582: Game Boy > Action & Adventure ) |
| Electronics | List / Grid (e.g.: stereo) |
List / Grid | List/ Grid (e.g.: #172514: DVD Players) |
| Photo | List / Grid (e.g.: digital) |
List / Grid | List /Grid (e.g.: #505110: Digital Camera Accessories) |
| Software | List/ Grid (e.g.: photoshop) |
List / Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #229596: Flight Simulators) |
| Tools & Hardware | List / Grid (e.g.: wrench) |
List / Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #228249: Black & Decker > Cordless Drills) |
| Garden / |
List/ Grid (e.g.: bird feeder) |
List/ Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #553764: Charcoal Grills ) |
| Kitchen & Housewares | List / Grid (e.g.: blender) |
List/ Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: #561304: Cuisinart > Coffee, Tea & Espresso machines) |
| Cell Phones & Services | List / Grid (e.g.: Motorola) |
List/ Grid | List / Grid (e.g.: Motorola cell phones) |
| Magazines | List / Grid (e.g.: fitness) |
List / Grid | List/ Grid (e.g.: #637756: Women's Health & Fitness) |
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